Media Highlights: February/March 2017

A new youth centre integrating various services ranging from health care and mental health support to social and employment services has opened on the North Shore. The centre is one of five established as part of Foundry, a provincial initiative led by CHÉOS Scientist Dr. Steve Mathias.

Trying to ‘change the culture of medicine’ by letting patients decide what gets researched

The Canadians Seeking Solutions and Innovations to Overcome Chronic Kidney Disease (Can-SOLVE CKD) network, of which CHÉOS Scientist Dr. Adeera Levin is a principal investigator, is highlighted in a feature on Canadian projects that are working to involve patients in medical research to a greater degree.

CHÉOS Scientists Drs. Adeera Levin and John Gill participated in the Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism Summit in Vatican City, where organ trafficking was declared as a crime against humanity. Over 65 participants from countries around the world signed a statement agreeing to work to implement strategies to eliminate the practice.

The Cited podcast, Life of The Law radio show, and The Georgia Straight featured stories of the patients and doctors at Crosstown Clinic, a heroin treatment centre in the Downtown Eastside that served as the site for the SALOME clinical trial.

Joseph Puyat, PhD Scientist, CHÉOS Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health, UBC Topic TBD. Work in Progress (WiP) presentations take place at St. Paul’s Hospital in the Hurlburt Auditorium...